Overview: Frogs of the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. We invite you to learn about the fascinating world of the Frogs of the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador Until two decades ago, the site considered as the most diverse in the world…

Learn about the Common Trees of the Amazon Rainforest living in the Yasuní. During your Trip to the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador, you will be loaded with the number of trees. It seems endless, Yes! The Amazon Rainforest is an…

The Amazon Rainforest or the Amazon Basin? Which term is Right to use? The Amazon Rainforest describes a whole Tropical Evergreen Forest between the Andes and the Guyana Shield and Amazon Basin refers to the drainage system of the Amazon…

The Ecuador Wildlife Trip Report: Explorations of Eastern Ecuador. We just had an amazing Ecuador Wildlife Trip and we would like to report, we explored Ecuador’s Diversity of Life, as Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin did, we want to experience the mosaic of…

The Insects of the Amazon Rainforest. The Insects of the Amazon Rainforest are most diverse group of creatures living, adapted to live everywhere you look in the forest. these forest creatures can be found in different shapes and colors. The…

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The Amazon Rainforest or the Amazon Basin? Which term is Right to use? The Amazon Rainforest describes a whole Tropical Evergreen Forest between the Andes and the Guyana Shield and Amazon Basin refers to the drainage system of the Amazon River. The Amazon Rainforest would play an important role in global climate change. Its natural […]

The forest clay clicks is a special location for several species of forest creatures such as tapir, bats, deers, peccaries, tapirs, macaws , pigeon guans and others.

Squirrel Monkeys are New World monkeys of the genus Saimiri. They are the only genus in the subfamily Saimirinae. The name of the genus is of Tupi origin (sai-mirim or gai-mbirin < sai 'monkey' and mirim 'small') and was also used as an English name by early researchers. Wikipedia

The pygmy marmoset is a small species of New World monkey native to rainforests of the western Amazon Basin in South America. The species is notable for being the smallest monkey and one of the smallest primates in the world, at just over 100 grams. Wikipedia

Noisy Night Monkey. Yasuni Biosphere Reserve in Ecuador

Shiripuno Lodge – Peccary Pit Hole in the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve.

The White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth), also known as the white-fronted or long-haired spider monkey, is an endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in the north-western Amazon in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil, ranging as far south as the lower Ucayali River and as far east as the Branco River. Over the last 45 years (3 generations), the population has declined by approximately 50% due to habitat loss and hunting.[6] Because of this, A. belzebuth is listed as endangered by the IUCN. Wikipedia

Giant Anteater. Yasuni Biosphere Reserve in Ecuador.

Napo Saky Monkey. Yasuni Biosphere Reserve in Ecuador

Frogs & Reptiles of the Rainforest

A new species of the hylid frog genus Osteocephalus from the upper Amazon Basin of Ecuador and Pen! is described. It most closely resembles 0, planiceps, but it differs in the absence of pale stripes on the heels and above the vent, in being smaller, and lacking brown spots on the Hanks. The new species, O. yasuni, is unique within Osteocephalus in having extensive yellow ventral coloration.

Calico is ground-dwelling snake, found in the flooded forest of the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve.

Shiripuno Lodge ~ The Amazon Horned Rain Frog, it’s a ground-dweller amphibian using its camouflage waits for its prey to pass by, the sit-and-wait technique is used by many species of the Amazon Rainforest.